Surname Đugum in modern Croatia

Đugum families are Croats and they are mostly from Opuzen area (Desne). According to some sources they are from Prapatnica near Vrgorac. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Opuzen area and in Metkovic.

Prevalence

About 90 people with faimily name Đugum live in Croatia today, in 40 households. There were 40 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number doubled.
They are located in 7 Croatian counties, in 14 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Metkovic (30), Zagreb (25), Split (<10), Prapatnice (<10), and in Dubrovnik (<10).

Outside Croatia

Family name Đugum (including: Dugum , Djugum , Gjugum and Giugum ) is present in 13 countries worldwide. "Dugum " is used by some 50 people in the United States , small number in Russian Federation , and small number of people in Venezuela.

Characteristic first names

Jelena Đugum, Branko Đugum, Nada Đugum, Nerman Đugum, Josip Đugum, Joško Đugum, Radojka Đugum, Tihomir Đugum, Pero Đugum, Marko Đugum, Ilko Đugum, Milivoj Đugum, Ante Đugum, Snježana Đugum, Antonija Đugum, Kristina Đugum, Biserka Đugum, Toni Đugum, Mirjana Đugum

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1931 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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